I-235 North construction project will begin Friday

Construction that might affect your commute in north Wichita has been delayed until later this week.

Phase one of the Green Project on I-235 was set to get underway Monday. The Kansas Department of Transportation says workers have been putting up signs and doing prep work, but the actual construction will begin on Friday.

The bridge repairs will impact traffic on the north part of I-235, from Meridian to Broadway.

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Construction work on the Green Project, to repair bridges on I-235, will begin on Monday.

The bridge repairs will impact traffic on the north part of I-235, from Meridian to Broadway.

The Green Project is the first of three phases for improvements at the North Junction that connects I-235 and I-135 with K-254 and K-96.

"A lot of these things really don't help us with the congestion problem at the North Junction, but they set it up so that when we finally do that project at the North Junction, this piece will function properly," said Tom Hein, spokesperson for the Kansas Department of Transportation.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol said in a tweet that water patrol troopers worked into the night Wednesday in and around Craig, pulling four people from homes and three from a boat that ran out of fuel.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol said in a tweet that water patrol troopers worked into the night Wednesday in and around Craig, pulling four people from homes and three from a boat that ran out of fuel.

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